Apparel-belt.



No. 683,720. I Patented Oct. I, I90l. w. R. ARNOLD APPAREL BELT.

(Application fi led- Feb. 12, 1801.)

(No Model.)

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\VILLlAM R. ARNOLD,

PATENT Fates.

OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-BELT.

SPECIFICATION formz'mg part of Letters Patent No. 683,720, dated Doto'ber 1, 1901.

Application filed February 12, 1901. Serial No. 46,965. (No model.)

trousers to better advantage in the matter of concealing the top of the trousers and so as to avoid the unsightly loops through which the belt is usually strung, as hereinafter described, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im proved belt with the ends unconnected. Fig. 2 is a diagram of the belt stretched out flat and showing the inside. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of parts of the trousers and a shirtwaist or other upper garment with the belt applied as in use, part of the belt being broken out for clearer illustration of the construction. Fig. at is a transverse section of the belt, and Fig. 5 is a detail showing a slight modification.

The exterior portion of the belt is represented by the wide part a, constituting a sash of ornamental character. It is preferably made in two pieces, of textile fiber or other suitable material for a sash, stitched together along both edges 12.

0 indicates a strap of about half the Width of part a, more or less attached to the inside of part a and preferably stitched entirely along the upper edge d, except its end portions g and h, to the inner ply of the part a. The lower edge is unattached, except at intervals, as f. This inner strap is preferably of strong material adapted to be utilized for girding onto the body of the wearer with such tension as is required for such purpose and is provided with a buckle t, attached to end portion h, with which the end portion 9 is adapted to connect. Part g of the strap 0 projects considerably beyond the corresponding end of part a, while the other end portion of part or projects considerably beyond the buckle to overlap and conceal the buckle, said overlapping part being provided with buttonholes j to button onto the outside of the belt at one side of the wearer, as indicated-at is, Fig. 3, where it will be concealed by the coat, or it may be otherwise fastened. Strap c has two buttonholes Z for the hinder Suspender-buttons of the trousers and two each, m, for the respective pairs of front Suspender-buttons, which, it will be seen, may be readily buttoned onto said buttons, owing to the strap a being unconnected at its lower edge along the buttonholes. The holes Z are located higher in the strap than holes m, because the hinder buttons are generally higher, and said holes are arranged convergingly from the top downward relatively to each other, so that when the belt is drawn taut for buckling in front, and thereby stretched between the buttonholes, freedom will be afforded on the necks of the buttons for such stretching, and the belt will draw upward thereon, and thus maintain wider overlap of the belt above the top of the trousers, or, in other words, the belt will not tend to roll or fold on itself so much above the buttons, and thus uncover the trousers at the top. Instead, however, of using the continuous strap 0 short tabs 12 may be attached to the part a at proper intervals, said tabs each having its buttonhole, as Z; but in such case separate tongue and buckle parts, as g and It, will have to be attached to part Ct. Such construction may be preferable when leather is principally or wholly used in the construction of the belt. The construction represented in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 is that which will probably be preferred when silk or other textile fabric is used; but I do not limit myself as to the material or general construction.

It will be seen that a belt so constructed may be used either with or without the trousers-suspenders, being when used with them buttoned on over the suspenders, which will be first buttoned on, and in either case the buttons will not show nor the top of the trousers, and the overlap above the trousers onto the upper garment will keep its place.

The belt'is designed to be used with any trousers without straps. No attachment of any kind is required other than the ordinary suspender-buttons for the use of such belts.

An especial advantage of the strap 0 and the tabs n (if used) being unattached at the lower edge is that the sash can be attached too equally well whether the buttons be on the outside of the trousers (as usually) or on the inside, (as in outing-trousers.) In the latter case the strap will be next to the body and will draw over the hips in a way to be held up on the body more effectually than when the trousers intervene.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination in an apparel-belt, of the exterior wide part a, comprising a sash, inner narrow girding-strap c stitched along its upper edge to the part a beneath a wide margin of part a, and near its ends stitched transversely to said part a and provided with a buckle i at one end, and a tongue part 9' at the other end adapted to connect with said buckle for binding the belt on the wearer, said strap 0 being unattached for the most part of its lower edge to the part a and having holes for the trousers Suspender-buttons, the tongue part 9 of strap a being extended beyond the corresponding end of part a, and part a having an extension beyond the buckle end of strap 0 for overlapping and concealing the buckle connection of the straps 2. The combination in an apparel-belt, of

the exterior wide part a, comprising a sash, inner narrow girding-strap c stitched along its upper edge to the part a beneath a wide margin of part a and near its ends stitched transversely to said part a, and provided with a buckle 'i at one end, and a tongue part g at the other end adapted to connect with said buckle for binding the belt on the wearer, said strap 0 being unattached for the most part of its lower edge to the part a and hav- WILLIAM R. ARNOLD.

\Vitnesses:

O. SEDGWIOK, J. M. HOWARD. 

